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(0)Ann Swinfen
When Bartholomew Fair, London's largest public festival, is threatened in 1589 by five hundred armed soldiers dismissed from service without pay, the authorities must act swiftly and decisively to prevent trouble.
Yet other unrest is brewing. Young physician and code-breaker Christoval Alvarez stumbles upon a sinister troupe of Italian puppeteers hellbent on causing chaos, but it soon becomes apparent
...Facing the threat of King Philip's Enterprise of England – a Spanish invasion and annexation of the country – Sir Francis Walsingham's espionage service spreads a vast spy network across Europe.
Young physician and code-breaker Christoval Alvarez is among those agents.
After caring for hundreds of maimed and wounded soldiers returning from the fall of Sluys,
...An expedition to Portugal sets out to destroy what remains of Spain's Atlantic fleet, drive the Spanish out of Portugal, put the claimant Dom Antonio of Aviz on the throne, and seize the Azores.
But from the moment the English fleet, led by Sir Francis Drake and Sir John Norreys, reaches Plymouth, things start to go wrong.
Christoval Alvarez, returning
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